When Nanci Griffith devotes the bulk of an album to other people’s songs, the selections had better be superlative. In that regard, this countrypolitan-meets-cabaret set of torch songs scores high marks. The eleven tracks include three Tom Waits tunes, a […]
From the opening downbeat of John Prine’s “Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness” to the last twang of the electric guitar on Townes Van Zandt’s uptempo “White Freight Liner” that closes the fourteen-track disc, Winter Marquee manages to pull off […]
Nanci Griffith doesn’t quite cut it as an adult-contemporary star, and that’s no insult. Certainly, she possesses some of the necessary qualities: adept backing musicians, tasteful production and arrangements, and an immediately pleasant and memorable voice. Like the majority of […]
I owe Nanci Griffith a debt of gratitude. First, she was my sister in arms for years of I-Am-Too-Strong-To-Be-This-Lovelorn. Second, she was my introduction to future songwriting heroes such as Townes Van Zandt, Emmylou Harris and Guy Clark. For these […]
